April is Senior Scientific Research Director and M&A Advisor for That’s Nice. She is responsible for directing and generating the syndicated reports published by Nice Insight, the market research division of That’s Nice. The reports cover scientific trends and challenges, historical context, major players in the industry, and analysis of clinical trials trends and forecasts, valuable to both innovators and service providers alike. Before joining That’s Nice, April served as an Investment Associate at Echo Global, where she led diligence on life science investments for the firm. Prior to this, she worked at two biomanufacturing CDMOs, where she served in a range of roles from Scientist to Director of Open Innovation. She received a B.S. in zoology from Texas A&M in 1997, a M.S in microbiology in 2000 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and an M.B.A. from UIUC in 2020.